Postal mailing-card.



J. CAMERON.

VPOSTAL MAILING CARD. APPLICATION FILED PEB.12, 1912.

Patented July 2, 1912.

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J. CAMERON.

POSTAL MAILING CARD.

APPLICATION FILED H33. 12, 1912.

Patented July 2, 1912.

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,MIIIIHIHIHI CDLUMBIA JOHN CAMERON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

POSTAL MAILING-CARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1912.

Application filed Iliebruary 12, 1912. Serial No. 677,089.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN CAMERON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Postal Mailing-Cards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in postal mailing cards, of the type or class in which a plurality of sheets having thereon pictorial illustrations or printed matter, or both, are loosely connected together in such a way that the matter displayed on each sheet may be read or viewed, which will render the cards desirable as souvenirs, or keepsakes, and for the production of surprises, fun, and amusement, and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement, and operation of the various parts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The principal object of the invention, is to provide a card of the above named general character, which shall be simple and inexpensive in construction, attractive in appearance, durable, and so made, that the leaves thereof may be compactly secured together for transmission through the mail,- yet when desired, may be readily separated and moved or so placed with respect to one another, that the matter displayed on the sheets may be progressively seen or exposed to the view of the user.

Another, and important object of the invention is to provide on one of the sheets, usually the last one of the series, means for reflecting the image of the user, as soon as said sheet is exposed by the displacement of the sheet adjacent thereto.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in the subj oined description and explanation.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which the invention pertains, to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it referring to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1, is a perspective view of a card embodying one form of the invention, showing the leaves or sheets thereof separated and upwardly raised at one of their ends. Fig. 2 is a face view of the address side of the card. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a portion of the card showing the sheets thereof folded together or placed one on another, and secured together for transmission through the mail. Figs. 4, 5,

and 6, are face views of sheets of the card showing them detached. Fig. 7, is a per-' through a portion of the reflector carrying member of the card, showing the means of securing the reflector in position thereon, and Fig. 9, is a view of the modified construction of the card shown in Fig. 7, illustrating the sheets turned so as to expose the display matter which they may contain, to view.

Like numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout the difierent views of the drawings.

The reference numeral 10, designates the main sheet or one of the outside or cover sheets of the card and which may have on its outer surface a space for correspondence and lines for the address to whom the card is to be mailed, as usual, on post cards, and as is clearly shown in Fig. 2, of the drawings. The sheet 10, is preferably composed of a piece of cardboard 11, (see Fig. 8,) which has secured on its outer and inner surfaces sheets of paper 12, and 13, respectively. The piece of cardboard 11, is provided on its inner surface with a recess 14, to receive a small mirror or piece of other suitable reflecting material 15, which is held in said recess by means of the sheet of paper 13, which is provided with an opening 16, to expose the mirror or reflector. At one of its ends the sheet 10, is provided with a flexible tongue or flap 17, which is adapted to be inserted into a slot 18, formed in the front sheet or cover 19, of the card near its free end.- The opposite end of the sheet 10, from that on which the tongue 17 is pro vided, is formed with a transversely extended flap 20, which is folded over or bent approximately back on the sheet 10, so as to permit the ends of the sheets 19, 21, and 22, to be inserted between the flap 20, and sheet 10, where they may be secured by means of suitable fasteners 23, to the end, that they may be turned like the leaves of a book, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 1, of the drawings. The outer surface of the front sheet or cover 19, may have displayed thereon suitable inscriptions or printed matter indicative of the matter displayed on the sheets 21, and 22, or those sheets interposed between the cover sheets 10, and 19. In the present instance, the sheet 19, has on its outer surface the following inscription: Studies of animal-life the hog family, and sheet 21,,has displayed on its surface adjacent to the sheet 19, the picture of a pig standing with its frontfeet in a trough, while the sheet 22, has displayed thereon the picture of a larger pig in a sitting position. Suitable inscriptions may be displayed on the sheets 21, and 22, for instance on the sheet 21, A little pig and on sheet 22, A big pig The inner surface of the reflector carrying sheet 10, may have displayed thereon a suitable inscription, for instance, The human hog which is preferably located near the reflector 15, to convey the meaning that the image reflected in the mirror is that of a human hog. It will be understood that the inscriptions and pictorial illustrations may be varied or such as may be desired, and that those shown are simply in the way of an example.

In Figs. 7, and 9, of the drawings, is shown a modification in the construction of the card, which consists in employing a reflector carrying sheet 10, of the same construction as that shown in Figs. 1, and 8, and just above described, with the exception that the flap 20, is omitted therefrom. In this modification, the sheets are connected near one of their ends by a single fastener 23, which will permit them to be turned on the fastener 23, to about the positions shown in Fig. 9, of the drawings, so that the inscriptions or display matter on the various sheets, which may be of any suitable design or character may be displayed to the view of the user. I

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, in which the leaves are adapted to be turned upwardly one at a time-from the cover or cord 10, so as to expose in succession the matter displayed on each sheet of the card, and finally to expose the reflector, I have found it advantageous to so construct and arrange the sheets 19, 21, and 22, that the outer sheet or cover 19, will project at its free end beyond the free end of the sheet 21, and so that the sheet 21, will project at its free end beyond the sheet 22, and so on throughout the series of sheets, when more than two inverting sheets between the covers are employed. By this arrangement it is evident that as soon as the flap or tongue 17, is removed from the slot 18, of the cover or outer sheet 19, said sheet orcover 19, by reason of its projecting portion may be turned upwardly without interfering with the adjacent sheet thereto, and that afterward the sheet21, or sheet adjacentto the cover 19, may also be turned upwardly without interfering with the sheet 22, and so on throughout the series of sheets. While this construction in not imparative, yet it has been found by experiment to be advantageous intheconstruction shown in Fig. 1, of the drawings, and may be employed when desired.

As before stated, I do not desire to be limited-to the subject matter of inscriptions or to the pictorial illustrations which may be displayed on the various sheets, as various kinds of inscription and sentiments may be shown thereon as well as humorous pictorial representations. Itwill also be understood that I do not desire to be limited as to the number of sheets which may be employed in the construction of the card.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is j 1. A postal mailing card consisting of a back cover having a reflector exposed on its inner surface and provided at one of its ends with a flexible tongue, a front cover connected to the backcover at the end thereof opposite said tongue and having display matter on its outer surface, said front cover having near its free end a transversely disposed slot to receive the tongue on the back cover of the card, and sheets interposed between the front and back covers and connected thereto for separate movements, said sheets having on their front surfaces display matter arranged progressively and cooperatively with one another and with said reflector.

2. A postal mailing card consisting of a back cover having a reflector exposed on its inner surface and provided at one of its ends with a flexible tongue, a front cover hinged to the back cover at the end thereof opposite said tongue and having near its free end a transversely disposed slot to re ceive the tongue on the back cover and provided on its outer surface with display mat ter, and a plurality of sheets interposed be tween the front and back covers and hingedly connected thereto and each having on its front surface a picture, the said pictures being arranged on said sheets progressively and cooperatively with one another as well as with said reflector.

3. A postalmailing card consisting of a plurality of sheets connected together at one of their ends for separate movements, a reflector on the innersurface of one of the outer of said sheets, each of the sheets in- JOHN CAMERON- Witnesses Y Citrus. 0. TILLMA E. NEWSTROMD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five 9611155 each, y addressing the Commissioner -of Tatents, Washington, .D. C. 

